Most New Year holiday tours booked in advance
(VOV) -Viettravel has cooperated with international and domestic airlines in organizing 300 tours for travelers to book in advance.
It is expected to welcome 75,000 travelers in the first quarter of 2013, up 25 percent from a year earlier.
The number of visitors to Sapa, Hanoi, Hue, Danang, Hoi An and some others places of interest not far from Ho Chi Minh City, is growing fast.
Saigontourist has introduced more than 50 tours for those Vietnamese who want to enjoy New Year celebrations in the US, Australia, Europe, South Africa, Japan, the RoK and Taiwan.
It plans to serve 6,000 tourists during the New Year holiday (up 10 percent) and 20,000 during the Lunar New Year Festival (up 15 percent) from a year earlier.
Most out-bound tours, which will start on the second day of the Lunar New Year Festival are fully booked.
Nguyen Thanh Tra, a representative from Saigontourist, said most tour prices remain the same. Only tourists leaving Vietnam for Thailand or Singapore have to pay 5-7 percent more than before.